We write in advance of the 97th Pre-Sessional Working Group Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Honduras to highlight areas of concern regarding the government of Honduras' compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission addresses articles 3, 6, 24, 28 and 29 of the Convention and covers access to abortion and emergency contraceptives, and access to education.
We write in advance of the 84th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women regarding Mauritania’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This submission addresses article 10 of the Convention and includes information on teenage pregnancy and access to education. This is an updated submission following Human Rights Watch’s February 2021 submission to the committee during its 80th pre-session for its review of Mauritania.
February 15, 2021
Regarding the Interpretation Guidelines of the Amendments of the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act
We are writing in response to your call for comments regarding the Interpretation Guidelines for the Scope of Application of Article 24(1)3 of the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act.[1]
The Amendment to the Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act (the “Act”) imposes strict limitations to some activities of North Korean escapee and civil society organizations that aim to send and receive information and ideas to people in North Korea. Most of these restricted activities are protected by the freedom of expression recognized in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which South Korea ratified in 1990.[2]